Sport Ryan Blaney leads practice for the Clash at Daytona

20:35 10 february 2018

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NASCAR season begins with Truex reigning, series rebuilding

Martin Truex Jr. has been all over the country during his brief reign as NASCAR's newest champion.Since winning his first Cup title in November, Truex has celebrated in Las Vegas, New York, Denver, Charlotte, Toronto and last week, Minneapolis, where he watched his beloved Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl.

Field set for ‘ The clash ’ in daytona . MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 30, 2017) – Team Penske and Menards announced today that the industry- leading home improvement store company will sponsor driver Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Ford Fusion [ ]

Kasey Kahne ran sixth in his on-track debut with Leavine Family Racing. Defending Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch was seventh-quick with Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones rounding out the top 10.

Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona: Start time, lineup, how to watch

Find out when the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona starts, what the lineup is and how to watch it.The event has been a season-opening NASCAR staple since 1979 and will be preceded by the pole qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Ford has won The Clash at Daytona eight times by six different drivers. There are six Ford drivers who will compete in The Clash , including all three Team Penske drivers in Ryan Blaney , Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano.

After the first 20 minutes, Ryan Newman topped the speed chart with a lap of 192.534mph (46.745-seconds). He had completed two laps on his first run then ran six additional laps. Chase Elliott was second followed by Austin Dillon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Erik Jones, Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray.

Kyle Larson bumped Newman with a lap of 192.980mph with a little less than an hour remaining in practice. Johnson climbed up to third after 14 laps (192.312mph).

With 45 minutes remaining in the first session, Larson remaining on top of the board followed by Newman, Johnson, Austin Dillon, McMurray, Kurt Busch, Jones, Kyle Busch and Harvick.

The Toyotas lined up on pit road for a drafting session with 40 minutes to go. Denny Hamlin led the line followed by Busch and Jones. Truex asked to run two laps before joining the draft. The Toyotas rolled off of pit road with 35 minutes remaining.

Daytona 500: Alex Bowman snags pole position over Denny Hamlin

There will be no avoiding “The Showman” nickname for Alex Bowman now. Bowman captured the pole for next Sunday’s Daytona 500 after knocking off Denny Hamlin from the top spot in the final round of Sunday’s knockout qualifying at Daytona International Speedway.Bowman, in his first full season replacing Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 88 Chevrolet, earned the second pole of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career.Bowman and Hamlin have locked in the front row for next weekend’s Daytona 500.

Kyle Busch vaulted over Larson with a lap of 197.907mph. Truex then took the top spot—197.985mph. Hamlin, who posted the fastest lap of 198.421mph, dropped off of the point and turned the lead to Busch. Busch swapped the point with Jones entering Turn 1. Truex ran second followed by Hamlin and Busch. Larson attempted to follow the Toyota pack but was unable to latch on for long.

The Fords joined the drafting game with just under 30 minutes to go. Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Logano, Blaney, Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch joined the line. In the draft, Logano moved up to fifth-quick with a speed of 197.876mph. Kasey Kahne and Larson joined the Fords as Blaney bumped the Toyotas with a lap of 199.601mph. Logano moved to second (199.543mph), Stenhouse (199.508mph), Keselowski (199.490mph) and Kahne (199.468mph).

After six laps in the draft, Larson moved up to fifth (199.468), Kahne dropped to sixth followed by Kurt Busch.

With 15 minutes to go, the top seven remained the same followed by Kyle Busch, Hamlin and Jones.

Newman was blacked flag with two minutes to go for speeding on pit road.

Watch: Dale Earnhardt Jr. narrates awesome 'Legend of Daytona' video .
The former driver's narration of the action-packed, dramatic video is sure to get NASCAR fans' blood racing ahead of Sunday's Daytona 500.Earnhardt Jr., a two-time winner of the event, narrates the 3-minute, 32-second "The Legend of Daytona" video, which is loaded with highlights of 60 years of Daytona 500s.

Field set for ‘ The clash ’ in daytona . MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 30, 2017) – Team Penske and Menards announced today that the industry- leading home improvement store company will sponsor driver Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Ford Fusion [ ]

Ford has won The Clash at Daytona eight times by six different drivers. There are six Ford drivers who will compete in The Clash , including all three Team Penske drivers in Ryan Blaney , Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano.

The on-track action for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series begins with practice Friday for the Advanced Auto Parts Clash . 14, 1947, at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida. That ultimately led to the official Chase Elliott has two and Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney each have one.

Larson fastest in first practice at Eldora: #30-Kyle Larson led the way in the first practice during the test day on the dirt Dave and Ryan Blaney will face off for the first time in a NASCAR national series setting. Joey Logano wins the Clash at Daytona ; results. Advance Auto Parts Clash Race Info.

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